The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-26
How the Law Affects the Granite ouarries
Local and State Notes.

forty -fveton frst-class passenger engines to
their equipment.
The indianapolis lines which. few weeks ago,
took off sale mileage tickets, yesterday placed
them at q cents per mile, good until July 81.
George Tyer, passenger conductor on the c..
l., st. l.. e. c.. who has been off duty for some
weeks owing to the illness and death of his wife,
yesterday took his train again.
Commencing with May l the joint pool Office
at this point will be closed, and the agents of
the six Eastern lines will send their tonnage re-
ports daily to Commissioner Blanc hards office,
Chicago
Two passenger conductors on the Vandalia
have been relieved, and others of the fraternity
are somewhat anxious over the outlook. In both
cases freight conductors have been promoted to
fll the vacancies.
W. W. Kent. of Peoria. ILL.,. assistant general
passenger agent of the Toledo. Peoria g. West
ern road, is in the city, and engaged with a. M.
Brons son and others in making the passenger
rate sheet tor Peoria.
Kniehtstown. Carthage and Rushville are to
hold election on giving asubsdy of per
cent. based on their county tax, to aid III the
exten sion of the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michi-
gan Dad from Anderson to Rushville.
The general passenger agents yesterday were
Motif ID by Chairman Abbott, of the Western
Passengera agents Association that there would
be conference at his Office, in Chicago,
Wedn esday, over the differential-rate question.
The position of president of the Chicago Mil
waukee Il ST. Paul road was offered cot. J.
Potter, and his declina ton to accept brought
out sooner than intended the fact that he had
accepted the vice-presidency of the Union Pa
cifc.
The Wabash Western has cut down its run
ming time between St. Louis and Omaha four
hours and q half, and a person now leave
India 1apolis on a noon train over either of the
weste. IN roads via st. Louis and reach Omaha at
noon the next day.
Und er the new passenger tariff the rate from
Indian apolis to Cincinnati round trip, is S.. 95
tickets unlimited, which is ST. o. less than the
old rat Q, prior to the issue of the rates
there Yere round-trip tickets. Single tickets
are rec uced, as we'll, between the two points.
The Nickel-plate road has large force of men
and sa veral construction trains in service on the
IndiaL division, grading and graveling it, and
putting. in some twenty-five miles of side track.
This pports the statement that the road is to
b. put IN good order, and through passenger as
we'll as freight trains to be run over it.
Commissioner Fink gives notice that Mobiles
vile an Upton, on the Lake Erie & Western,
and Fra 4nkton on the c., st. L. & P. will take
the sam q rate as Indianapolis to the seaboard,
which is 80 per cent. Of the Chicago rate. Prior
to this NOTICE the rate from these points was 3
per cent. higher than the Indianapolis rate
Normi N Beckley. general manager Of the Gin
cinnati, Wabash e. Michigan road, was in the
city yesterday. He states that this road is do
ing &C cd business. The revision of their
tariff has not changed rates sufficiently to dis
turb their traffic. in fact, he says, the benefits
to the shipper on their line are greater than the
damages
For se'rne time past extensive improvements
have bee in progress on the Belt road in the
way of relaying their yards, putting in safety
switches, lengthening side-tracks. etc. To-day
the work of putting in a Y" to connect the Belt
road with, the indianapolis & Vncennes track
will be commenced, and, when completed the
Union tr acks will be relieved of their long
freight tri Tins.
"Cardn all Woolsey, chief train-dispatcher on
the Wand ALA, celebrated the twenty fifth ami.
versary of his marriage, on Saturday night The
couple wei the recipients of numerous valuable
presents among them a handsome silver tea Sc,
from the telegraph operators on the line and a
silver wat or pitcher and its accompaniments
from the II ain dispatchers of the Indiana divis
ION Of the NATIONAL association, Mr. Woolsey be-
ing one of he founders Of the association.
AS the roads which bring in the stone and coal
for this m arket have decided to make ad
vance in IA tes when an excellent opportunity
for them to do was offered, one of the local
freight agents suggests that 1t would be wise fol
the stone M en- and the coal dealers to show their
appreciation by unloading cars hereafter more
promptly til nm they have in the past. 1t is Stated
that one half the present number of stone and
coal cars ould do the TRANSFORMATION for In
dianapolis. were this matter of unloading cars
promptly Civ On more attention
Inquiry arN ong some of the best and Oldest
passenger mt n shows that there is but little OBJ
lection to pa. wing the regular ticket agents com.
missions or o their receiving them from foreign
roads. They argue that all that needs be done is
to keep the roads from working through the
ticket scalpei's No person at all familiar with
passenger tri fife need be told that scalpers in
Boston. New York. Philadelphia Buffalo. Pitts
burg, Clevela nd, Columbus, Cincinnati and In
dianapolis ha, e for years persistently cut the
established ra ties by the of a portion of the
commissions ,raid to them by Western connec
tons of such lines. Said a veteran passenger
man yesterday, the problem is how the road
can pay comm issions to the regular ticket agents
and prevent t he roads. directly or indirectly
working throu gh the scalpers. which leads to .
Generalization in rates, more especially west
bound.
f. A. Ford general passenger agent Of the
Pennsylvania lines. has addressed persona
circular to all ticket agents west of PIttsburg
reading as follerws: Have you received cir
cular from j. Charlton general passenger agen
OF the Chicago d. Alton road dated April 8! Il
so, send it to me by first train. stating neal
as VOC can the tr ain and date you received it
III you have rec sived and destroyed it, please
advise me the da te you received the same; also
inform me IL yoii have received more than one
This action on tn part Of Mr. Ford has aroused
the ire OF Mr.. CHARLTON, who, in an interview
which Is publish cd in full in the Inter Ocean O
Sunday, says: "Mr Ford is not content will
boycottiDg the VI sstern connections but aspire
10 be chief nquis itor of the inouisition and Z,
silence opinion" nd that ''he Mr.. Ford should
dedicate his serv ices TO antiquity, having ap
peared too late on this planet"
General and Miscellaneous.
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